HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 44
(By Delegates Ashley, Louisos, Perry, Walker, Staggers and Boggs)
Requesting the Division of Highways name the section of highway
from the Clay County, West Virginia, line at Wallback, West
Virginia on Route 36 South, to the junction of Route 4, the
"SFC Jaime Scott Nicholas Memorial Highway."
Whereas, Sergeant 1
st Class Jaime Scott Nicholas was born on
February 12, 1976, in Germany to Mr. and Mrs. Burke and Karen
Nicholas of Wallback, Clay County, West Virginia, and died on
September 29, 2008 in action while conducting a combat
reconnaissance patrol in the vicinity of Yakchal, Helmand Province,
Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom serving with
Company B, 1
st Battalion, 7
th Special Forces Group (Airborne); and
Whereas, SFC Jaime Scott Nicholas is survived by his parents,
wife Michelle, two stepchildren, Brenton Troup and Sharise Troup,
brothers, Cody, Jesse and Adam, sisters Amanda Nicholas Kendall,
and Cathy Ann Nicholas and grandparents Herbert and Alice West; and
Whereas, SFC Jaime Scott Nicholas enlisted with the United
States Army in August, 1994, as an infantryman. He went through
basic and advanced training at Fort Benning, Georgia and was
assigned to Co. A, 2
nd Bn., 327
th Infantry Regiment (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He subsequently began the Special Forces
Qualification Course, earned the "Green Beret" in 2006 and became
a Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha weapons sergeant. He
was awarded, among other medals and awards, the Bronze Star, three
Army Commendation Medals, three Army Achievement Medals, Iraq
Campaign Infantryman Badge and Afghanistan Campaign Medal; and
Whereas, Having honorably served and sacrificed for his
country, his state and fellow man we are compelled to ensure that
future generations are aware of Sergeant First Class Jaime Scott
Nicholas's committment to the cause of freedom; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name the
section of highway from the Clay County, West Virginia, line at
Wallback, West Virginia on Route 36 South, to the junction of Route
4, Clay County, West Virginia, the "SFC Jaime Scott Nicholas
Memorial Highway"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is requested
to have made and be placed signs on opposite sides of the highway
identifying the designated section as the "SFC Jaime Scott Nicholas
Memorial Highway"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates
forward a certified copy of this resolution to Sergeant 1
st Class
Jaime Scott Nicholas's family and the Secretary of the Department
of Transportation.